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Mr.Gerrit van der Bijl

Former Director City-Development

Municipality of Heerlen

(until 1st April 2009)

Nowadays advisor in Real Estate Projects

Facts and figuresHeerlen

Heerlen:89.000 inhabitants

Region Parkstad Limburg: 240.000 inhabitants

Region is part of Top Technological region

(Aachen, Leuven, Eindhoven)

Climate Change

Source: prof. Kjell Aleklet, University of Uppsala, Sweden

Why Heerlen?

Heerlen

Total surface comparable with Amsterdam

Content of 11 miljon m3

Surface and Content

Interreg 3B NWEThe conceptThe projectResults

Minewater Project

•High investments

•Long payback time

•N.M.D.O.-principle

De Dem

Boordiagram

Buildings connectedHeerlerheide centrum:Total:312 apartments (connected)3800 m2 commercial buildings (connected)2500 m2 public and cultural buildings11500 m2 health care buildings2200 m2 educational buildings

Statistics Netherlands:21000 m2 offices (connected)

Interreg 3B NWE project Total € 15,7 mio: 48% ERDF funding

Pilot Heerlen € 13,3 mio: 48 % ERDF, 29% Heerlen, 23% Ministries/Province

Minewater Project,

Costs

Mijnwaterproject

Because of the substantial value of the Minewaterproject for all former mine

areas in NW-Europe, the project has received European Regional

Development Funding. The total costs of the project amount to € 15,7

millions to which Interreg IIIB is contributing 48%.

Partners of the project are:

The Municipality of Heerlen (NL)

Gemeinde Bönen (D)

Midlothan Council (UK)

Building Research Establishment (BRE, UK)

Weller Wonen (NL)

BRGM Nancy (F)

Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Kreis Aachen (D)

Project succeeded

Minewater Project

New Minewater initiatives:

• Asturias (Es)• Nord Rhein Westfalia (Ger)

• Lorraine (Fr)• Chemnitz-Zwickau (Ger)• Nova Scottia (Canada)

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Other items

Minewater Project

35 •Exergy = energy + quality

•Lowex = low temperature exergy

100kJ

12 V2.3 Ah

1 kg water at 43°C

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